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The Live 8 Concerts 扶贫音乐会

According to the organisers, the Live 8 concerts will be the largest global TV broadcast in history. If you haven't heard about the Live 8 concerts yet, you soon will have as 85% of the world's population will be able to tune into this musical extravaganza.

What are the Live 8 concerts? Basically, they are a series of free concerts staged in various cities around the world. What is remarkable about these shows is the scale of the operation; the performances are to be broadcast in 140 countries through a variety of media platforms including television, radio, Internet and mobile phones.

It is not just the size of the show that is impressive. For music fans the line-up is truly mouth-watering . Artists performing at the London concert include legendary acts such as Paul McCartney, Madonna and Pink Floyd, who are reforming especially for the gig .

The cream of new musical talent is also represented with acts like 18-year-old Joss Stone taking the stage along with Coldplay, the UK band that is topping the album charts both in Britain and America .

The Live 8 concerts celebrate the 20 th anniversary of the Live Aid concerts and share the same aims – highlighting poverty in Africa . Some of the bands who played at the original Live Aid concerts in 1985 are scheduled to appear again. U2 and Sting have remained global superstars and will perform to a crowd of 150,000 people at London 's Hyde Park .

The way in which tickets for the event have been allocated is also unique. Ticket distribution has been based on a lottery system – anybody can enter the lottery by sending a mobile phone text message to a special number; the lucky winners are then chosen at random by computer.

All the people who haven't managed to get a ticket needn't be too disappointed. 14 giant screens are to be set up in different cities around the UK so everybody can join in the fun.

As Live 8's executive producer has said “This monumental live broadcast is without doubt the largest global live transmission in history. Everyone in the world will have the opportunity to view and interact with this groundbreaking event”.

GLOSSARY 　词汇表（收听发音，请单击英语单词）
global TV broadcast - 全球电视广播	tune into – 收看 / 听
staged – （演出）被安排	the scale – 规模
line-up – 排队	mouth-watering – 馋人的
reforming – 改进、改革	the gig – （乐队或艺人的）表演
topping the album charts – 登上排行榜首	highlighting poverty – 关注贫穷
global superstars – 全球巨星	lottery – 彩票
text message – 手机短信	giant screens – 巨大屏幕
groundbreaking – 突破性的

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